# Am I being scammed?? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 29, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989 "2006-06-29T15:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![95Z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/85e7bf/32.png) [@95Z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95Z28)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/1 "2006-06-29T15:15:18Z")
Last week I bought a used door for my camaro off of ebay from [this guy](http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=docsigns&item=8042901068&iid=8042901068&frm=1883&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:SID). I sent him a payment, through paypal for the amount. After the payment went through, I emailed him to ask for a tracking number, and when he was shipping my door. No response. Even though he has a pretty good feedback rating, there’s a person who bought something off him recently that just left negative feedback for him saying that he payed him for something like 2 months ago and hes getting no responses and no item. I have a feeling this isn’t going to work, so I filed a dispute with paypal and escalated it to a claim to try and get my money back. Has anyone dealt with paypal claims before and what are my chances of getting a refund? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/2 "2006-06-29T15:18:26Z")
wait it out a little, he might just be busy, but if it comes to it, dont rely on paypal to get your $ back always pay with a CC when buying with paypal, it give you a backup plan for getting your $ back ---
**Author:** ![Poose22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poose22/32/7252_2.png) [@Poose22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poose22)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/3 "2006-06-29T15:24:56Z")
if he has money in his paypal account, and you win the claim, you should get your money back. if he doesnt, then you’re prolly screwed ---
**Author:** ![95Z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/85e7bf/32.png) [@95Z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95Z28)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/4 "2006-06-29T15:26:52Z")
Yeah the thing is that I’m not really familiar with paypal, since I don’t buy off Ebay very often (this is only the second time). When I pay for something, the money goes from my checking/debit acount to my paypal account, then to the recipient. So I have no idea how secure that is. The whole thing about how he has a recent customer whos dealing with the same problem as me is a little nervewracking. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/5 "2006-06-29T18:08:52Z")
I bet you’ll get your door.He doesnt seem like a scammer,but maybe a slow shipper.Most likely he sent it the slowest/cheapest method possible. ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/6 "2006-06-29T18:27:12Z")
Give it some time, seems legit. And PayPal will cover you. ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/7 "2006-06-29T18:31:53Z")
paypal will cover you since it was an ebay item. if it was say from a for sale post on a car forum, all they can do is “claim” whats available in his account. so if he had $0 in his paypal balance, they would give you $0. i found this out the hard way last week… ---
**Author:** ![95Z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/85e7bf/32.png) [@95Z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95Z28)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/8 "2006-06-29T18:52:33Z")
So even if he empties out his account, I will still be reimbursed because the item was purchased through Ebay? It’d be nice if this asshole answered my emails so I knew what the hell’s going on with my door… ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/9 "2006-06-29T18:57:11Z")
> [@95Z28](#): > > So even if he empties out his account, I will still be reimbursed because the item was purchased through Ebay? It’d be nice if this asshole answered my emails so I knew what the hell’s going on with my door… from what the rep at paypal told me, yes ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/10 "2006-06-29T18:58:19Z")
yea they fully cover Ebay purchases ---
**Author:** ![Poose22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poose22/32/7252_2.png) [@Poose22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poose22)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/11 "2006-06-29T19:03:26Z")
> [@MaximaSE98](#): > > yea they fully cover Ebay purchases i bought something on ebay once, never got my item or my money back. so that isnt necessarily true ---
**Author:** ![95Z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/85e7bf/32.png) [@95Z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95Z28)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/am-i-being-scammed/13989/12 "2006-06-29T19:33:15Z")
well hopefully since this was a “somewhat” large amount of money ($155) paypal will be able to take care of the matter soon if this guy doesn’t start communicating with me.